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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Romania	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	7,387

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.